Biography

Michael Donovan is the Associate Director of the Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative leading strategic engagement and outreach efforts with the policy, philanthropic, and business communities. He facilitates collaborative projects between the research community and external partners, including multi-sectoral engagement with international, federal, state, and local government agencies, philanthropic organizations, industry and business organizations, funders, and think tanks.

In recent years, he has contributed to collaborative research efforts related to health equity, substance use and addiction, child maltreatment, rural health, juvenile justice, integrated data systems and data policy, research process innovation and improvement, the societal effects of COVID-19, and science communication and translation. His efforts aim to build and maintain strategic partnerships that both produce scientific value and contribute to the creation of policy-relevant, practical insights. He manages various projects and initiatives and brings external perspectives to maximize scientific impact. His interests encompass the intersection of scientific inquiry and public policy in areas of administration, business, communication, and technology. He brings over a decade of experience in government to this role, including in his previous position as Special Assistant to the President in the Obama White House.

In his role as the Director of International Partnerships at the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC), he leads the development and implementation of global initiatives that advance prevention science and social impact. He promotes and engages in the important work of the PRC and HHD faculty and staff in international contexts and is eager to brainstorm new opportunities, expanding current or past lines of research, exploring data and funding relationships, or intervention implementation and evaluation in international settings.